Travel Challenge July 2008
Filed under: Travel Challenge by on 7/15/2008
This one is for you history buffs out there.
Can you name this famous American?I was born in Rhode Island. I ran an iron forge before joining the Continental Army. An unskilled fighting man, I applied what I had learned of military strategy in books and soon moved up in the ranks. By the end of the War, I was General Washington’s right hand man. After the War, I was given a plantation in Georgia in recognition of my efforts. My time at the plantation was short, I succumbed to the heat within a year of moving there.
Who am I?
Instructions: When you think you have figured it out, enter your guess in the comment field below. We’ll announce the winner next week. Happy guessing!
That would be Gen. Nathanael Greene.
I second the nomination of Gen. Greene.
I think it was Alexander Hamilton
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